Texas hospital suspends 178 employees for not complying with vaccine mandate

HOUSTON - A Texas hospital suspended more than 100 staffers who refused to get the COVID vaccine despite a mandate requiring that all employees get the shot by this week.Houston Methodist hospital, which oversees eight different locations had set a deadline this Monday for staff to get vaccinated or face suspension or possibly termination.On Tuesday, the hospital said 178 full-time and part-time employees who were not granted an exemption or deferral for the vaccine were suspended two weeks wit